North Coast (provincial electoral district)

North Coast

British Columbia electoral district
Provincial electoral district
Legislature	Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
MLA	Jennifer Rice New Democratic
District created	1990
First contested	1991
Last contested	2013
Demographics
Census divisions	Central Coast, Skeena-Queen Charlotte
Census subdivisions	Bella Bella, Bella Coola, Masset, Prince Rupert, Queen Charlotte, Sandspit

North Coast is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It was created by 1990 legislation which came into effect for the 1991 B.C. election, largely out of the previous riding of Prince Rupert.

Demographics

Population, 2001	27,992
Population change, 1996–2001	-11.6%
Area (km²)	65,972
Population density (people per km²)	0.42

Member of Legislative Assembly

Its Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) is Jennifer Rice. She was first elected in May 14, 2013.

Election results

B.C. General Election 2013 North Coast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Jennifer Rice	4,617	56.72%	-0.61%	$67,356
	Liberal	Judy Fraser	2,692	33.07%	-1.91%	$46,272
	Green	Hondo Arendt	831	10.21%	+2.52%	$346
Total Valid Votes			8,140	100%
Total Rejected Ballots			51	0.62%
Turnout			8,191	52.85%

British Columbia sales tax referendum, 2011
Side		Votes	%
	Yes	4131	67.18%
	No	2018	32.82%

2009 British Columbia election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	NDP	Gary Coons	5,097	57.33	*	$63,441
	Liberal	Herb Pond	3,110	34.98	*	$97,880
	Green	Lisa Girbav	683	7.69	*	$1,616
Total valid votes			8,890	100%
Total rejected ballots			70	0.78%
Turnout			8,960	57.14%

British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2009
Side		Votes	%
	FPTP	5,231	60.66%
	BC-STV	3,393	39.34%

British Columbia general election, 2005
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Gary Coons	5,845	53.77%	$55,751
	Liberal	Bill Belsey	4,185	38.50%	$138,287
	Green	Hondo Arendt	629	5.79%	$780
	Marijuana	David Johns	211	1.94%	$100
Total valid votes			10,870	100%
Total rejected ballots			47	0.43%
Turnout			10,917	60.86%

British Columbia electoral reform referendum, 2005
Side		Votes	%
	Yes	5,444	52.93%
	No	4,842	47.07%

British Columbia general election, 2001
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Bill Belsey	4,915	45.25%	$51,617
	New Democratic	Colleen Fitzpatrick	4,084	37.61%	$28,479
	Marijuana	Kenneth Leonard Peerless	623	5.74%	$1,840
	Green	David Konsmo	560	5.16%	$152
	All Nations	Emsily Victor Bolton	526	4.84%	$8,371
	Unity	Clarence Hall	152	1.40%		$730
Total valid votes			10,860	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			46	0.42%
Turnout			10,906	66.27%

B.C. General Election 1996: North Coast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dan Miller	7,298	64.82%		$29,582
	Liberal	Odd Eidsvik	2,899	25.75%		$26,079
	Reform	Clarence Hall	830	7.37%		$1,912
	Green	Patrick Lemaire	232	2.06%	–	$406
Total valid votes			11,259	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			84	0.74%
Turnout			11,343	63.33%

B.C. General Election 1991: North Coast
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Dan Miller	6,365	59.75%		$29,619
	Liberal	Rocky L. Sorensen	2,469	23.18%		$5,724
	Social Credit	Linda D. Marshall-Lutz	1,818	17.07%	–	$20,100
Total valid votes			10,652	100.00%
Total rejected ballots			312	2.85%
Turnout			10,964	68.37%

External links

• BC Stats Profile - 2001 (pdf)
• Results of 2001 Election (pdf)
• 2001 Expenditures
• Results of 1996 Election
• 1996 Expenditures
• Results of 1991 Election
• 1991 Expenditures
• Website of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia